The Flute Concerto of JacquesIbert (1890–1962) is one of the most popular and most challenging works composed for the instrument. Commissioned by the legendary French flautist Marcel Moyse, the concerto was written in 1932–1933 and received its premi?re in Paris in 1934. The other wind instruments, in particular the bassoon and the two clarinets, also play an important part, as well as the solo violin in the slow movement which depicts an Impressionist landscape. Each movement is progressively longer than the previous one, and in contrary with the classical tradition, the focal point of the work falls on the finale rather than on the opening movement. The vigorous, jazz-influenced finale is arguably the most original, elementary and witty movement of the Flute Concerto, where everything is about the rhythm. The frequently recurring orchestral opening motifrests on the alternation of bars in 4/4 and 3/4time. Moreover, the quavers of the bars in double time are asymmetrically arranged (3+3+2), and later on the winds in 2/4 are accompanied by the strings in 3/8. The flute solo runs the whole gamut of virtuoso effects, with a dazzling cadenza at the end.